4735.02
Requirement of license.

(A)
Except as provided in section
4735.022 of the Revised Code, no
person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, or corporation shall act as a real estate broker or real estate
salesperson, or advertise or assume to act as such, without first being
licensed as provided in this chapter. No person, partnership, association,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation shall
provide services that require a license under this chapter if the licensee's
license is inactive, suspended, resigned, or a broker's license on deposit, or if the license
has been revoked. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as
authorizing a real estate broker or salesperson to perform any service
constituting the practice of law.

(B)
No partnership, association, limited liability
company, limited liability partnership, or corporation holding a real estate
license shall employ as an officer, director, manager, or principal employee
any person previously holding a license as a real estate broker, real estate
salesperson, foreign real estate dealer, or foreign real estate salesperson,
whose license has been placed in inactive or resigned status, or is suspended, or revoked and
who has not thereafter reactivated the license or received a new
license.